Main candidates vote in decisive Taiwan elections

Taipei: The main candidates in Taiwan’s presidential elections cast their vote on Saturday as the incumbent Tsai Ing-wen, remains a clear favourite to get re-elected, enjoying some 20-point advantage in the opinion polls over her opponent Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang party.

Polling stations opened at 8 a.m. and will close at 4 p.m., reports Efe news

More than 19 million voters, including nearly one million new ones, are eligible to cast their ballots for their next President, as well as 113 parliamentarians, in an election considered crucial in deciding the future of the relationship of the island with China and the US.

Tsai, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was among the first voters in the polling station in her constituency in the capital, Taipei, and urged the people to come out and vote in large numbers to strengthen democracy in Taiwan. (IANS)

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